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Is 3 months enough or what!? PLEASE HELP
HI EVERYONE.
I had a one time exposure and tested NEGATIVE at 4 months. Online, there are so many people that say 3 months is conclusive and enough. But my doctor, and then Infectious Disease Doctor say that I still have to wait until 6 months after the exposure.
This is seriously giving me a lot of anxiety and worry. Someone please. Doesn't the CDC say that only 97 percent of people test conclusively at 3 months? What about the other 3? PLEASE HELP ME!
I'M DESPERATE
I had a one time exposure and tested NEGATIVE at 4 months. Online, there are so many people that say 3 months is conclusive and enough. But my doctor, and then Infectious Disease Doctor say that I still have to wait until 6 months after the exposure.
This is seriously giving me a lot of anxiety and worry. Someone please. Doesn't the CDC say that only 97 percent of people test conclusively at 3 months? What about the other 3? PLEASE HELP ME!
I'M DESPERATE
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Is it possible for someone that has never done any of those things to seroconvert late?
People that may take longer are those that are on chemo, those that take antirejection drugs for organ transplants and chronic IV drug abusers.
Okay. Guys, does the CDC say that people that take longer than 3 months are inconpromised?
http://www.cdc.gov/globalaids/Resources/pmtct-care/docs/TM/Module_6TM.pdf
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In an adult, a positive HIV antibody test result means that the person is infected, a person with a negative or inconclusive result may be in the “window for 4 to 6 weeks but occasionally up to 3 months after HIV exposure. Persons at high risk who initially test negative should be retested 3 months after exposure to confirm results
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In an adult, a positive HIV antibody test result means that the person is infected, a person with a negative or inconclusive result may be in the “window for 4 to 6 weeks but occasionally up to 3 months after HIV exposure. Persons at high risk who initially test negative should be retested 3 months after exposure to confirm results
If studies show that 99% of people will seroconvert by 6 weeks then 3 months has to be 100% conclusive for all.
I emailed the CDC and they said yes, 97 percent will develop antibodies within 3 months. They said nothing about the other 3 percent being people that had transplants or had chemo.
If an ID doctor is telling you to test at 6 months then they should go back to med school,it's WRONG. 3 months is fully conclusive and has been since 2004.You're safe.You don't have HIV.
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The "very rare" cases would be people who are severely immunocompromised. Examples would be, advanced terminal cancer, chemo patients, people taking anti-rejection meds post an organ transplant, chronic IV drug abusers.
Even the people who fit into the above category almost always test positive within the 3 month window period. The recommendation to test out to 6 months is a precaution due to their impaired immune system.